Entry Guidelines for the FY2025 Maeda Engineering Awards
The Maeda Engineering Foundation■ The Maeda Engineering Awards
PurposeTo recognize doctoral dissertations (theses) that show outstanding merit in academic, social, and practicalaspects, thereby promoting fundamental research and contributing to the development of young researchers inJapan.
Eligibility
Entries are restricted to dissertations presented for doctoral degrees awarded at graduate schools in Japan
during the past three years (FY2021–2023: from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024) and submitted for thefirst time as award entries to the Foundation.
Number of winners
One individual in each of the fields of civil engineering, architecture and building engineering, and iconstruction
Prize details
Each winner will be awarded a certificate of commendation and a monetary prize of 2 million yen.

■ The Yamada Kazuie Awards
PurposeTo recognize doctoral dissertations (theses) marked by high novelty, creativity, and practical potential, thereby
promoting fundamental research and contributing to the development of young researchers in Japan.
Eligibility
Same as for the Maeda Engineering Awards
Number of winners
Commonly, two individuals in each of the fields of civil engineering, architecture and building engineering,and i-construction
Prize details
Each winner will be awarded a certificate of commendation and a monetary prize of 1 million yen.

Scope of technologies included in the new i-construction field (beginning in FY2021)
This field includes construction technologies that apply information and telecommunications technologies tocontribute to the advancement and increased reliability of the construction industry and encourage innovations
related to national land, local communities, cities, and architecture, throughout the life cycle from planning to design,
construction, maintenance, and operation of the social infrastructure and architectural structures.

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Specific examples of technologies:① Planning:

Project planning, project simulation, etc.

② Design:

Planning tools, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR),substitutional reality (SR), building information modeling (BIM),
construction information modeling (CIM), etc.

③ Construction: Construction planning and management; sensing and monitoring; automation, robotics,and mechanization; power assistance; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); cyber-physical system(CPS); 5G; etc.
④ Maintenance and operations:
Project information management; facility maintenance and operations management; facilitymanagement (FM); etc.
⑤ Infrastructure/Architecture DX:
Smart City, Society 5.0, Smart Energy Management; etc.

Application procedures
Both the Maeda Engineering Awards and the Yamada Kazuie Awards use the same application form andprocedures.
Applying for each award
Applicants will enter as candidates for the Maeda Engineering Awards. From these entries, the selection
committee will comprehensively examine dissertations and choose the winners of the Maeda EngineeringAwards and the Yamada Kazuie Awards.
Application form
① Download the Foundation’s designated application form (MS Word file) from the Maeda Engineering Awards
page on the Foundation website (https://www.maedakksz.or.jp/prize/).
② After completing the designated application form (MS Word file), convert the Word file to a PDF file and upload
both files using the web application system described below. Do not configure the PDF file with a password
or other security settings. Make sure the file size does not exceed 5 MB.
Use the following file name format: “award_(name).pdf”
Example 1: award_HanakoMAEDA.pdf, Example 2: award_IchiroYAMADA.pdfOther documents to be submitted below. (Please prepare in advance. *:required items)A) *Doctoral dissertation (full-text PDF) (The dissertation will be reviewed mainly in thesecondary review. Use the following file name format: “A_Dissertation_(name).pdf”) The
file size that can be uploaded is up to 100MB. If it's larger than that, reduce the file size.
B) *Content summary of the doctoral dissertation submitted for which a doctoral degree wasawarded. (File name format: “B_Summary_(name).pdf”)C) Summary of the dissertation review (Obtain from your graduate school or chief reviewer
and submit, if possible. File name format: “C_Review_(name).pdf”)
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E) *Diploma (copy reduced in size to fit A4 sheet. File name format:“E_Diploma_(name).pdf”)
F) Other reference materials (Submit the minimum of materials required. File name format:“F_Reference_(name).pdf”)
G) *MS Word file for the designated application form. (file name format:“G_award_(name).docx”)
In addition to the application form and documents to be submitted, please enter the following informationin the web application system (Graain).
・researchmap member ID or other researcher ID ((Example: "ORCID iD:xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx")
・Notes on application (secretariat contact column)
How to apply
Primary review:
Submit your application via the web application system (Graain) on the Maeda Engineering Awards page on
the Foundation website. The PDF version of the designated application form will serve as the official copy. The
MS Word file used to prepare the PDF file is also requested to submit.
Incomplete documents may be ineligible for review.。

The primary review entails a review of the designated application form (PDF) and submitted
documents B–F as mentioned above. The doctoral dissertation will be referred to as necessary toconfirm information provided in the designated application form.

Secondary review:
Applicants who pass the primary review will be selected and notified by December 31, 2024. The secondaryreview will focus on the doctoral dissertation. Depending on the content of the dissertation, you may be asked
to submit the dissertation in bound form. (The bound dissertation will be returned after the review.)
Application period
Applications must be received (i.e., registration using the web application system must be completed) during
the period from August 19, through 12:00 on October 8, 2024.
Selection of winners
Decisions will be made by the board of directors following review by the selection committee composed of
the judges listed below.
Applicants cannot be awarded both the Maeda Engineering Award and the Yamada Kazuie Award.
Each applicant will be notified of the decision regarding his or her application via the web application system(Graain) by March 31, 2025.

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= Selection Committee Members =NameStatus

Atsushi KOIZUMIProfessor Emeritus, Waseda University

Hidenobu JINNAI

Professor Emeritus, Hosei University

Jun KANDA

Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo

Kazuhiko NAMBA

Representative of KAZUHIKO NAMBA+KAI WORKSHOP

Keisuke HANAKI

Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo / Professor Emeritus, Toyo University

Koichi MAEKAWA

Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo / Visiting Professor, Yokohama NationalUniversity

Masahiko ISOBE

Former president, Kochi University of Technology / Professor Emeritus,
University of Tokyo

Nobuyoshi TOSAKA

Representative of Material speaks T-Lab Co., Ltd.

Nobuyoshi YABUKI

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University

Shigeyoshi NAGATAKI

Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Shinsuke KATO

Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo

Tadayoshi ISHIBASHI

Advisor, Structural Technology Center, East Japan Railway Company

Tomonari YASHIRO

President, Tokyo City University

Toshimi KABEYASAWA Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Yoshinori KITSUTAKA

Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University

The Foundation address, email address, website, etc.
Address: Secretariat, The Maeda Engineering Foundation
Hitokuchizaka Chuo Building, 4-3-1 Kudankita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0073
Tel.: 03-3222-6481
E-mail: kinen.zaidan@jcity.maeda.co.jp
URL: https://www.maedakksz.or.jp

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